May 14

May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 231 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
• 1509 – Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
• 1607 – Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
• 1608 – The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
• 1610 – Henry IV of France is assassinated bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
• 1643 – Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
• 1747 – War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
• 1787 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
• 1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
• 1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
• 1811 – Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor
• 1836 – The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
• 1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
• 1868 – Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
• 1870 – The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
• 1879 – The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the  Leonidas.
• 1889 – The children's charity National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London.
• 1913 – New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
• 1925 – Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
• 1929 – Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton; he is the only player in history to have reached that plateau.
• 1931 – Ådalen shootings: five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
• 1935 – The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
• 1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
• 1940 – World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
• 1940 – World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.
• 1940 – The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, has its first flight.
• 1943 – World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
• 1948 – Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• 1951 – Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
• 1955 – Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
• 1961 – American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
• 1963 – Kuwait joins the United Nations.
• 1970 – The Red Army Faction is established in West Germany.
• 1973 – Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
• 1988 – Carrollton bus collision: a drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. 27 die in the crash and ensuing fire.
• 2004 – The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
• 2012 – Agni Air Flight CHT crashed near Jomsom Airport in Jomsom, Nepal, after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.
• 2013 – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the northeast states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa due to the terrorist activities of Boko Haram.

Births

• 1316 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
• 1553 – Margaret of Valois (d. 1615)
• 1574 – Francesco Rasi, Italian singer-songwriter, theorbo player, and poet (d. 1621)
• 1630 – Katakura Kagenaga, Japanese samurai (d. 1681)
• 1652 – Johann Philipp Förtsch, German composer (d. 1732)
• 1657 – Sambhaji, Indian emperor (d. 1689)
• 1666 – Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
• 1679 – Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer (d. 1764)
• 1699 – Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian general (d. 1786)
• 1701 – William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)
• 1710 – Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (d. 1771)
• 1725 – Ludovico Manin, French politician, Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
• 1727 – Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (d. 1788)
• 1737 – George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Irish-English politician, Governor of Grenada (d. 1806)
• 1752 – Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1817)
• 1752 – Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)
• 1771 – Robert Owen, Welsh social reformer (d. 1858)
• 1781 – Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian (d. 1873)
• 1814 – Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded the Beyer, Peacock and Company (d. 1876)
• 1817 – Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)
• 1832 – Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and educator (d. 1903)
• 1832 – Charles Peace, English criminal (d. 1879)
• 1852 – Henri Julien, Canadian illustrator (d. 1908)
• 1867 – Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria (d. 1919)
• 1868 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (d. 1935)
• 1869 – Arthur Rostron, English captain (d. 1940)
• 1872 – Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal (d. 1961)
• 1878 – J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
• 1879 – Fred Englehardt, American jumper (d. 1942)
• 1880 – Wilhelm List, German general (d. 1971)
• 1881 – George Murray Hulbert, American politician (d. 1950)
• 1881 – Ed Walsh, American baseball player and coach (d. 1959)
• 1885 – Otto Klemperer, German conductor and composer (d. 1973)
• 1887 – Ants Kurvits, Estonian military commander (d. 1943)
• 1890 – Alex Pompez, American businessman (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Louis Verneuil, French actor and playwright (d. 1952)
• 1897 – Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1959)
• 1897 – Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist (d. 1948)
• 1899 – Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (d. 1993)
• 1899 – Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Hal Borland, American journalist and author (d. 1978)
• 1900 – Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1957)
• 1900 – Leo Smit, Dutch composer (d. 1943)
• 1900 – Edgar Wind, German-English historian and educator (d. 1971)
• 1901 – Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician (d. 1951)
• 1903 – Billie Dove, American actress (d. 1997)
• 1904 – Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973)
• 1904 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (d. 1961)
• 1905 – Jean Daniélou, French cardinal (d. 1974)
• 1905 – Herbert Morrison, American journalist (d. 1989)
• 1905 – Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (d. 1981)
• 1907 – Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
• 1907 – Johnny Moss, American poker player (d. 1995)
• 1907 – Hans von der Groeben, German diplomat (d. 2005)
• 1908 – Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Robert F. Christy, American physicist (d. 2012)
• 1916 – Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator (d. 2005)
• 1916 – Del Moore, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1916 – Marco Zanuso, Italian architect (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Lou Harrison, American composer (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor (d. 1987)
• 1919 – Solange Chaput-Rolland, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
• 1919 – John Hope, American meteorologist (d. 2002)
• 1921 – Richard Deacon, American actor (d. 1984)
• 1921 – Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor and singer (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Franjo Tuđman, Croatian general and politician, 1st President of Croatia (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician
• 1923 – Mrinal Sen, Indian director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1925 – Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Patrice Munsel, American soprano
• 1925 – Oona O'Neill, Bermudian-Swiss wife of Charlie Chaplin (d. 1991)
• 1925 – Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian composer (d. 1997)
• 1925 – Al Porcino, American trumpet player
• 1926 – Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor (d. 1984)
• 1927 – Herbert W. Franke, Austrian scientist and author
• 1928 – Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters and The Cadets) (d. 2000)
• 1928 – Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch scientist, author, and educator
• 1928 – Brian Macdonald, Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 1929 – Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author
• 1929 – Henry McGee, English actor (d. 2006)
• 1929 – Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Alvin Lucier, American composer
• 1932 – Robert Bechtle, American painter
• 1932 – Mario Bichón, Chilean politician (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Michael Chevalier, German actor
• 1933 – Frank Harte, Irish singer (d. 2005)
• 1933 – Siân Phillips, Welsh actress and singer
• 1935 – Rudi Šeligo, Slovenian playwright and politician (d. 2004)
• 1936 – Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)
• 1936 – Charlie Gracie, American singer and guitarist
• 1936 – Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
• 1940 – H. Jones, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
• 1940 – Troy Shondell, American singer-songwriter
• 1942 – Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (d. 2003)
• 1942 – Byron Dorgan, American politician
• 1942 – Prentis Hancock, Scottish actor
• 1942 – Tony Pérez, Cuban-American baseball player and manager
• 1942 – Rüdiger Vogler, German actor
• 1943 – Jack Bruce, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player (Cream, Blues Incorporated, The Graham Bond Organisation, and West, Bruce and Laing)
• 1943 – L. Denis Desautels, Canadian accountant
• 1943 – Derek Leckenby, English guitarist (Herman's Hermits) (d. 1994)
• 1943 – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Icelandic politician, 5th President of Iceland
• 1943 – Elizabeth Ray, American secretary
• 1944 – Gene Cornish, Canadian-American guitarist (The Rascals and Fotomaker)
• 1944 – George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm
• 1944 – Jaan Talts, Estonian weightlifter
• 1945 – Francesca Annis, English actress
• 1945 – George Nicholls, English rugby player
• 1945 – Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
• 1947 – Tamara Dobson, American actress (d. 2006)
• 1948 – Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer and coach (d. 2007)
• 1949 – Sverre Årnes, Norwegian author
• 1949 – Walter Day, American game designer and businessman, founded Twin Galaxies
• 1949 – Klaus-Peter Thaler, German cyclist
• 1950 – Adolfo Domínguez, Spanish fashion designer
• 1951 – Robert Zemeckis, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 – David Byrne, Scottish-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Talking Heads)
• 1952 – Scott Irwin, American wrestler (d. 1987)
• 1952 – Raul Mälk, Estonian diplomat
• 1952 – Donald R. McMonagle, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1953 – Tom Cochrane, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Red Rider)
• 1953 – Norodom Sihamoni, Cambodian king
• 1954 – Jens Sparschuh, German author
• 1955 – Marie Chouinard, Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 1955 – Alasdair Fraser, Scottish fiddler (Skyedance)
• 1955 – Peter Kirsten, South African cricketer
• 1955 – Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player and coach
• 1957 – Big Van Vader, American wrestler and actor
• 1958 – Christine Brennan, American journalist and author
• 1958 – Chris Evans, English-Australian politician
• 1958 – Jan Ravens, English actress
• 1958 – Andrus Vaarik, Estonian actor
• 1959 – Patrick Bruel, French actor, singer, and poker player
• 1959 – Markus Büchel, Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (d. 2013)
• 1959 – Robert Greene, American author
• 1959 – Steve Hogarth, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Marillion, The Europeans, and How We Live)
• 1959 – John Holt, American football player (d. 2013)
• 1959 – Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 – Anne Clark, English singer-songwriter and poet
• 1960 – Ronan Tynan, Irish tenor (The Irish Tenors)
• 1960 – "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, American football player and wrestler (d. 2009)
• 1961 – Ulrike Folkerts, German actress
• 1961 – Jean Leloup, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 – David Quantick, English journalist
• 1961 – Tim Roth, English actor and director
• 1961 – Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 – Ian Astbury, English-Canadian singer-songwriter (The Cult, The Wondergirls, Circus of Power, and Holy Barbarians)
• 1962 – C.C. DeVille, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (Poison and Samantha 7)
• 1962 – Danny Huston, Italian-American actor and director
• 1963 – Pat Borders, American baseball player and coach
• 1964 – James M. Kelly, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1964 – Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster and producer
• 1964 – Eric Peterson, American guitarist and songwriter (Testament and Dragonlord)
• 1965 – Eoin Colfer, Irish author
• 1966 – Marianne Denicourt, French actress
• 1966 – Mike Inez, American bass player and songwriter (Alice in Chains, Black Label Society, Slash's Snakepit, and Spys4Darwin)
• 1966 – Fab Morvan, French singer-songwriter, dancer, and model (Milli Vanilli, Rob & Fab, and Empire Bizarre)
• 1966 – Raphael Saadiq, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Tony! Toni! Toné! and Lucy Pearl)
• 1967 – Tony Siragusa, American football player and journalist
• 1968 – Greg Davies, Welsh comedian and actor
• 1969 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
• 1969 – Sabine Schmitz, German race car driver
• 1969 – Danny Wood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (New Kids on the Block and Upper Street)
• 1971 – Nasha Aziz, Malaysian model and actress
• 1971 – Sofia Coppola, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Martin Reim, Estonian footballer
• 1972 – Gabriel Mann, American actor
• 1972 – Mark Ruskell, Scottish politician
• 1973 – Shanice, American singer-songwriter
• 1973 – Natalie Appleton, Canadian singer and actress (All Saints and Appleton)
• 1973 – Anais Granofsky, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Voshon Lenard, American basketball player
• 1973 – Julian White, English rugby player
• 1974 – Jennifer Allan, American model
• 1974 – Krister Axel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 – Anu Välba, Estonian television and radio journalist
• 1975 – Nicki Sørensen, Danish cyclist
• 1976 – Hunter Burgan, American bass player (AFI, The Force, and The Frisk)
• 1976 – Brian Lawrence, American baseball player and coach
• 1976 – Martine McCutcheon, English actress and singer
• 1977 – Sophie Anderton, English model
• 1977 – Roy Halladay, American baseball player
• 1977 – Ada Nicodemou, Cypriot-Australian actress
• 1977 – Pusha T, American rapper (Clipse and Re-Up Gang)
• 1978 – Brent Harvey, Australian footballer
• 1978 – Eddie House, American basketball player
• 1978 – André Macanga, Angolan footballer
• 1978 – Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
• 1979 – Dan Auerbach, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Black Keys)
• 1979 – Edwige Lawson-Wade, French basketball player
• 1979 – Clinton Morrison, English-Irish footballer
• 1979 – Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1980 – Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
• 1980 – Pavel Londak, Estonian footballer
• 1980 – Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete
• 1980 – Júlia Sebestyén, Hungarian figure skater
• 1980 – Hugo Southwell, Scottish rugby player
• 1981 – Pranav Mistry, Indian computer scientist
• 1982 – Beardyman, English beat-boxer
• 1982 – Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer
• 1982 – Stanimir Todorov, Bulgarian figure skater
• 1983 – Anahí, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (RBD)
• 1983 – Keeley Donovan, English journalist
• 1983 – Frank Gore, American football player
• 1983 – Uroš Slokar, Slovenian basketball player
• 1983 – Amber Tamblyn, American actress
• 1983 – Tom Welham, English singer and guitarist (Thirteen Senses)
• 1984 – Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian footballer
• 1984 – Luke Gregerson, American baseball player
• 1984 – Zarine Khan, Indian model and actress
• 1984 – Olly Murs, English singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Michael Rensing, German footballer
• 1984 – Nigel Reo-Coker, English footballer
• 1984 – Indrek Siska, Estonian beach soccer player
• 1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founder of Facebook
• 1985 – Sally Martin, New Zealand actress
• 1985 – Simona Peycheva, Bulgarian gymnast
• 1985 – Zack Ryder, American wrestler
• 1986 – Alyosha, Ukrainian singer
• 1986 – Sarbel, English-Greek singer
• 1986 – Andrea Bovo, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Clay Matthews III, American football player
• 1986 – Marco Motta, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Camila Sodi, Mexican actress
• 1987 – Jeong Min-Hyeong, South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
• 1987 – Franck Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
• 1987 – François Steyn, South African rugby player
• 1988 – Jayne Appel, American basketball player
• 1990 – Olga Ikonnikova, Estonian figure skater
• 1990 – Emily Samuelson, American ice dancer
• 1993 – Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
• 1993 – Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player
• 1994 – Dennis Praet, Belgian footballer
• 1996 – Martin Garrix, Dutch DJ/producer
• 1998 – Taruni Sachdev, Indian actress (d. 2012)

Deaths

• 649 – Pope Theodore I
• 964 – Pope John XII (b. 927)
• 1219 – William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, English soldier and politician (b. 1147)
• 1470 – Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
• 1608 – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
• 1610 – Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
• 1643 – Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
• 1649 – Friedrich Spanheim, Swiss theologian (b. 1600)
• 1667 – Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1601)
• 1688 – Antoine Furetière, French scholar (b. 1619)
• 1754 – Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright (b. 1692)
• 1761 – Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (b. 1710)
• 1847 – Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
• 1860 – Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
• 1873 – Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (b. 1797)
• 1878 – Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 – Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse (b. 1805)
• 1887 – Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808)
• 1889 – Volney Howard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 – Ernst Kummer, German mathematician (b. 1810)
• 1906 – Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 – Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1912 – August Strindberg, Swedish author and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1918 – James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 – Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 – N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian politician (b. 1855)
• 1923 – Charles de Freycinet, French politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1925 – H. Rider Haggard, English author (b. 1856)
• 1931 – David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1931 – Denys Finch Hatton, English hunter (b. 1887)
• 1934 – Lou Criger, American baseball player (b. 1872)
• 1934 – Baikuntha Shukla, Indian murderer (b. 1907)
• 1935 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 1936 – Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1940 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-American activist (b. 1869)
• 1940 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)
• 1943 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1945 – Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
• 1954 – Heinz Guderian, Polish-German general (b. 1888)
• 1956 – Joan Malleson, English physician (b. 1889)
• 1957 – Marie Vassilieff, Russian painter (b. 1884)
• 1959 – Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1897)
• 1959 – Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (b. 1862)
• 1962 – Florence Auer, American actress (b. 1880)
• 1968 – Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)
• 1969 – Enid Bennett, Australian actress (b. 1893)
• 1969 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
• 1970 – Billie Burke, American actress and singer (b. 1884)
• 1973 – Jean Gebser, German linguist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1905)
• 1976 – Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and producer (The Yardbirds and Armageddon) (b. 1943)
• 1979 – Jean Rhys, Dominican-English author (b. 1890)
• 1980 – Hugh Griffith, Welsh-English actor (b. 1912)
• 1982 – Hugh Beaumont, American actor and director (b. 1909)
• 1983 – Roger J. Traynor, American jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (b. 1900)
• 1983 – Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican politician, 46th President of Mexico (b. 1900)
• 1984 – Walter Rauff, German SS officer (b. 1906)
• 1985 – Barbara Yung, Hong Kong-English actress (b. 1959)
• 1986 – Janne Aikala, Finnish murder victim (b. 1975)
• 1987 – Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (b. 1918)
• 1987 – Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian poet and playwright (b. 1914)
• 1988 – Willem Drees, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1886)
• 1989 – Mary Lalopoulou, Greek actress (b. 1926)
• 1991 – Jiang Qing, Chinese actress, 1st First Lady of China (b. 1914)
• 1992 – Lyle Alzado, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1949)
• 1992 – Nie Rongzhen, Chinese marshal (b. 1899)
• 1993 – Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal (b. 1953)
• 1993 – William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist (b. 1908)
• 1994 – W. Graham Claytor, Jr., American railroad executive and 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1914)
• 1995 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 1997 – Harry Blackstone, Jr., American magician and author (b. 1934)
• 1997 – Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian composer (b. 1925)
• 1998 – Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and environmentalist (b. 1890)
• 1998 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)
• 2000 – Keizō Obuchi, Japanese politician, 84th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
• 2001 – Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (b. 1919)
• 2003 – Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
• 2003 – Wendy Hiller, English-American actress (b. 1912)
• 2003 – Robert Stack, American actor (b. 1919)
• 2004 – Anna Lee, English actress (b. 1913)
• 2006 – Lew Anderson, American actor and saxophonist (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Stanley Kunitz, American poet (b. 1905)
• 2006 – Eva Norvind, Mexican actress, director, and producer (b. 1944)
• 2007 – Mary Scheier, American sculptor (b. 1908)
• 2007 – Ülo Jõgi, Estonian historian (b. 1921)
• 2008 – Will Elder, American illustrator (b. 1921)
• 2010 – Norman Hand, American football player (b. 1972)
• 2010 – Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Mitchell Guist, American hunter (b. 1964)
• 2012 – Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Taruni Sachdev, Indian actress (b. 1998)
• 2012 – Mario Trejo, Argentinian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Belita Woods, American singer (Brainstorm and Parliament-Funkadelic) (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Joy Baluch, Australian politician (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Wayne Brown, American accountant and politician, 14th Mayor of Mesa, Arizona (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Arsen Chilingaryan, Armenian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
• 2013 – Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian activist and author (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Ray Guy, Canadian journalist (b. 1939)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Engelmund of Velsen
  • Matthias the Apostle (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Michael Garicoïts
  • Mo Chutu of Lismore (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Victor and Corona
  • May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest day on which the first day of Sanja Matsuri can fall, while May 20 is the latest; celebrated on the third weekend of May. (Sensō-ji, Tokyo)
• Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)
• National Unification Day (Liberia)
• The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (Izumo-taisha)

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